bock

See also: Bock and воск

English

Etymology

From German Bockbier.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɔːk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔːk
  • Homophones: balk, bok

Noun

bock (countable and uncountable, plural bocks)

  1. A strong dark beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for spring consumption.
    Synonym: bock beer

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔk/
  • (file)

Noun

bock m (plural bocks)

  1. a beer glass having the capacity of approximately a quarter of a litre
  2. the content of such a beer glass

Further reading

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish boc, poc, pocc (he-goat) (compare Irish boc).

Noun

bock m (genitive singular bock, plural buick)

  1. buck, male (of animals)
  2. gelding

Derived terms

Mutation

Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
bockvockmock
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Swedish

bock (gymnastics equipment)

Etymology

From Old Swedish bukker, bokker, from Old Norse bokkr, bukkr, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz‚ from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵno-, *bʰukkos, *bʰugkó-.

Noun

bock c

  1. a buck; the male of goat and deer
  2. the tick mark (), often marking something as incorrect in Sweden, but otherwise normally used to mark something as correct
    Antonym: (about "correct" vs. "incorrect") kryss
  3. a sawhorse
  4. a mount for a (roller) bearing
  5. a bend or fold of sheet metal
  6. a tool to bend or fold sheet metal
  7. leapfrog is called hoppa bock
  8. a gymnastics tool for leapfrogging

Declension

Declension of bock 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bock bocken bockar bockarna
Genitive bocks bockens bockars bockarnas

References

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